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Two studies examined whether negative emotion-focused coping accounts for associations between attachment insecurity and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS). Victims of physical or sexual assault (N Study1 = 71; N Study2… Click to show full abstract
Two studies examined whether negative emotion-focused coping accounts for associations between attachment insecurity and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS). Victims of physical or sexual assault (N Study1 = 71; N Study2 = 250) completed measures of attachment, negative emotion-focused coping, and PTS. Associations between attachment-avoidance and PTS were mediated by suppressive emotion-focused coping, and associations between attachment-anxiety and PTS were mediated by ruminative emotion-focused coping. Results replicated across two independent samples, but also supported a generalized view of the mediating processes involved.
Journal Title: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Year Published: 2019
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